Re: [microsound] sgnidroceR esreveR

[Rod Stasick <rod@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2006 Sep 05, at 1:42 PM, Kyle Klipowicz wrote:

> This is true to an extent, in which paralanguage (jargon for nonvocal
> language) can add meaningful and nuanced layers of communication.
> However, our brains can only hold a limited number (approximately
> seven:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_memory) of concurrent
> information streams at equal attention.  It would be quite difficult
> to communicate say, the lord's prayer in a stack of 60+ simultaneously
> delivered layers!


Yes, but nobody is suggesting 60 layers - or anything more than TWO,
but if we DO begin speaking of multiple layers, our minds are very  
capable of
handling these simultaneous layers (within reason as you point out),
and they don't necessarily have to be of equal attention.
Actually, it's the lack of equal attention that gives each sound/ 
event it's own character.
We're doing this sifting continuously in daily life,
but without completely obliterating any one sound/event.
Say hello to me at a carnival and say hello to me in a club
and I'll probably interpret it differently in each case.


Rod

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